According to Qualcomm, the increased performance and connectivity will result in faster downloads, quicker application performance and improved power efficiency.The SoC with Cat 9 LTE will be backwards compatible with earlier standards, such as GSM/EDGE, CDMA1x/EVDO, TD-SCDMA, and WCDMA/HSPA+. The company said it would be shipping the Snapdragon 810 processor in early 2015.